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Trey Mancini couldn't come up with Carlos Correa's first-inning fly ball, and a crazy bounce led to the first inside-the-park homer the Orioles had allowed since 2014.

The Orioles collectively attempted to move on from the Dexter Fowler fiasco on Friday, one day removed from being blind-sided by news that the veteran outfielder was remaining with the Chicago Cubs instead of joining the Orioles. Now, the club is left with more questions than answers.

Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez threw one of his best games of the season Saturday night, when he and his team really needed it in a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

Although they were playing 3,000 miles away from home and against an American League West opponent, the Orioles had a chance to make some serious headway in their playoff hunt beginning Friday.

Now that the much-anticipated midseason trade deadline has passed, it's probably a good time to take stock of what happened over the past week and consider how it might impact the Orioles and the American League East.

The Orioles will are back at ¿home¿ tonight at Tropicana Field for the second game of their three-game series against the Rays.

Jason Garcia's bullpen mates tried to tell him what making his major league debut would be like, but the Orioles' 22-year-old rookie still wasn't prepared for the feeling.

The Orioles failed to sweep their season-opening series against the Tampa Bay Rays, lose 2-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman gave up four runs in 3 2/3 innings as Tampa Bay beat Baltimore.

Gausman, who has a 7.04 Grapefruit League ERA, won¿t start again the rest of the spring ¿ which is an indication he will be in the bullpen and Ubaldo Jimenez will be in the rotation.

The Orioles will play their first split-squad games of spring training Thursday when they travel to Port Charlotte to face the Tampa Bay Rays at 1:05 p.m. and then play host to the Toronto Blue Jays at Ed Smith Stadium at 7:05 p.m.

The Orioles didn't play their best baseball this weekend. But after a career day by Nelson Cruz in a 7-5 win in 11 innings over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon, they left Tropicana Field with a 9 1/2-game lead in the American League East.

The Orioles have played so well away from Camden Yards this season, but on Saturday they dropped their second straight game this weekend at Tropicana Field under strange circumstances.

The Orioles' plan all along was to let Kevin Gausman loose in the second half. It took some rigid discipline — limiting his innings and pitch counts earlier this year — and some unpopular roster moves in order to preserve him for the stretch run.

The Orioles recorded their best offensive output in the past 14 games as a pair of homers sent them to a 7-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in front of an announced 10,803 at Tropicana Field.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The replay system hasn¿t been kind to the Orioles over the past three weeks as four of the five calls the O¿s challenged have not been overturned.

The Orioles rallied from a three-run deficit to tie the game in the eighth inning Monday night before left-hander Brian Matusz allowed a game-winning two-run homer to Jerry Sands, handing the Orioles a 5-4 loss -- their third defeat in the past four games -- in front of an announced 10,576 at Tropicana Field.

Second baseman Jonathan Schoop watched Orioles center fielder Adam Jones carry the offense with a pair of towering solo home runs before he hit a two-run shot in the club's 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Second baseman Ryan Flaherty, making just his second start in 10 days, drove in the winning run with an RBI single in a two-run eighth inning, giving the Orioles a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in front of an announced 11,855.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter¿s decision to pitch right-hander Miguel Gonzalez in today¿s series finale against Tampa Bay appears to have paid off.

SARASOTA, Fla. ¿ The rain has subsided here at the Ed Smith Stadium complex and it appear we¿re going to play tonight as the Orioles are scheduled to host the Rays tonight for a 7:05 game.

The Orioles will play their final spring game in Florida tonight, hosting the Tampa Bay Rays in their Grapefruit League finale under the lights at Ed Smith Stadium.

Tillman, who will be the team's Opening Day starter on Monday against the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards, made his first start in nine days after missing his last scheduled appearance with the flu.

With just four days until Opening Day rosters must be finalized, the Orioles made four cuts Wednesday afternoon.

Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez overcame a rocky first inning to allow two runs over five hits over six innings in a 3-3, 10-inning tie with the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday afternoon at Charlotte Sports Park.

He opened the Orioles¿ Grapefruit League season by striking out three and giving up just one hit over two innings against a representative Tampa Bay Rays lineup in the Orioles 4-2 win at Charlotte Sports Park.

The Orioles didn't make offers to Nate McLouth or Scott Feldman. Is that a terrible thing?

Baltimore Sun reporter Eduardo A. Encina talks about some recent moves involving the Orioles and more.

The Orioles would like to re-sign Nate McLouth but the market is making it look like McLouth will get a two-year deal.

The Orioles are rapidly falling out of the race, but right-hander Scott Feldman has done his part in the last two months

After playing the longest game in either franchise¿s history on Friday night, the Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays returned to Tropicana Field looking like sleep-deprived clubs. The alarm finally went off for the Rays in the fifth when Desmond Jennings smacked a three-run homer to spur a 5-1 Tampa Bay victory

On Friday night (and Saturday morning), the Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays combined for the longest game, time-wise, in both franchises' histories, a six hour, 54-minute, 18-inning ordeal that ended on David DeJesus' single to right that gave the celebrating Rays a 5-4 win.

The Orioles' first-half statistics aren't pretty, but they hold one statistical trump card. The only one that really, truly matters right now: .529. That's the fifth best winning percentage in the American League.